28/08/07

Singapore's stuggle to achieve internal self-government in the period 1945-1959 had its costs.Was it worth it?Give at least 2 reasons to support your stand.
Yes, it was worth it because they managed to gain internal self-government in year 1959, although the riot causes many death, injuries and damaged to the people of Singapore. The british did not really care about the people in Singapore as they wanted things to be done that profit them.David Marshall failed to gain internal self-government for Singapore in 1956 because the British government sees that David Marshall's government could not protect their interests and prevent Singapore from falling into the Communist hands in the Hock Lee Bus Riot during the first Merdaka talk. Lim Yew Hock gained internal self-government for Singapore in the second Merdeka talk in 1957 after the Students Riot in 1956 where he had the police to arrest almost all the union leaders to stop all communist activities and this shows that the british are selfish.In conclusion, i think that it was absolutely worthy to gained internal self-government as because of that,Singapore became an advanced country and if we are still under the british today, i do not think that we will achieve all this.